using awk...merging two files...lines...one after another...

visitnag · 07-14-2008, 10:53 AM

Hi all,

I have two files and want to create a new file by merging these two files.
like..

lin1......of file1
lin1......of file2
lin2......of file1
lin2......of file2
lin3
..
..

0.o · 07-14-2008, 10:55 AM

Do you have to use awk? How about cat?

Code:

cat file1 fil2 > file3

smoked kipper · 07-14-2008, 11:09 AM

Er, cat doesn't interleave the lines.

How about:

Code:

paste -d'\n' file1 file2 > output

colucix · 07-14-2008, 11:17 AM

If you really need awk to accomplish this task, you can parse the first file and explicitly get input from the second file using getline:

Code:

awk '{print; getline < "file2"; print}' file1

visitnag · 07-14-2008, 11:37 AM

Thank you all..